Governing the Urban in China and India: Land Grabs, Slum Clearance, and the War on Air Pollution

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An in-depth look at the distinctly different ways that China and India govern their cities and how this impacts their residents Urbanization is rapidly overtaking China and India, the two most populous countries in the world. One-sixth of humanity now lives in either a Chinese or Indian city. This transformation has unleashed enormous pressures

Xuefei Ren is associate professor of sociology and global urban studies at Michigan State University. She is the author of Building Globalization and Urban China.

"Honorable Mention for the Dennis Judd Book Award, Urban Politics Section of the American Political Science Association" "Winner of the Robert E. Park Award, Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association" "[An] invaluable addition to the literature that advances the agenda of comparative urban studies."---Yue Zhang, American Journal of Sociology